If at first you don't succeed...

There are several old sayings I could think of in my situation. I think I can. I think I can. Or my favorite: If at first you don't succeed, try, try again! Maybe that last part should be: Walk away and drink a glass of wine!

I volunteered to quilt one of the guild's charity tops. I thought I could use it as a practice piece for the Handiquilter. Keep in mind this is only my second top I've loaded onto the rollers. Two tries to get it straight. Grrr....Then I had issues with thread breakage. Thought my friend, Tension, and I were going to have a fight. Nope. Finally decided it's a bad spool. You find those every now and then.

So with one eye on the spool to make sure it didn't double over on itself as it unrolled, I tried to quilt. Well, you can see the results for yourself. Practice makes perfect! Right?

Happy quilting ya'll???

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